Hauz Khas is also home to various diplomatic missions such as the ones of Albania, Iraq, Guinea Bissau, Burundi and Macedonia.
Historically Hauz Khas was known as Hauz-e-Alai and is the place where Khusro Khan of Delhi Sultanate was defeated by Ghazi Malik (Governor of Dipalpur) in 1320.

Hauz Khas is named after an ancient water reservoir by the same name, now part of the extensive Hauz Khas Complex. In Urdu language, 'Hauz’ means "water tank" (or lake) and ‘Khas’ means "royal", giving it the meaning — the "Royal tank". The large water tank or reservoir was first built by Alauddin Khalji (r. 1296–1316) (the plaque displayed at the site records this fact) to supply water to the inhabitants of Siri Fort.[1]

It was developed during the 1960s by DLF (Delhi Land & Finance Ltd.) as Hauz Khas Enclave. Later it was made a district of South Delhi encompassing some more neighbouring areas.
Hauz Khas (Enclave) as known, consists of A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,K,L,M,P,Q,R,X,Y,Z Blocks.

E block is the Main market here and lies in the middle of the colony. It includes a multi-level parking lot (scheduled). G block and Aurobindo Market are other markets close by.

Hauz Khas has some of the largest green areas in Delhi, namely Deer Park and Rose Garden.
It is near to the two major hospitals in Delhi, AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital.

As Hauz Khas now is administered as a district, it is also known as a reference for other areas like Mayfair Gardens, Padmini Enclave, Safdarjung Enclave, Hauz Khas Village, Kalu Sarai, IIT-Delhi, Shahpur Jat, Asiad Village, Katwaria Sarai and institutional areas like on Sirifort Road and Aurobindo Marg.

Hauz Khas village is a historic habitation around the region of the Hauz Khas Complex, dating to much before establishment of South Delhi city. It existed as an urban village at the edge of larger Hauz Khas area, developed by DLF after the 1960s. The village area started getting modernized in mid-1980s when designer boutiques of fashion designer like Bina Ramani, started moving in.[2][3] Then, in the late 1990s restaurants started coming up in the area, today it has around 50[4] restaurants, bars, pubs and cafes.[5][6]

The success of Hauz Khas village has led to the development of Shahpur Jat and Lado Sarai as fashion and design markets also in the South Delhi area.[2][7]

Historical Places like the Hauz Khas Complex which consists the Hauz Khas Lake or Royal Tank, a mosque and a tomb, all from the time of the Khalji Dynasty. Neeli Masjid and Chor Minar, where the heads of executed thieves (chor) would be put on display in the earlier days, lie inside the colony.

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India
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India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and it is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast. It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west, China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast, in the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Indias Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a border with Thailand. The Indian subcontinent was home to the urban Indus Valley Civilisation of the 3rd millennium BCE, in the following millennium, the oldest scriptures associated with Hinduism began to be composed. Social stratification, based on caste, emerged in the first millennium BCE, early political consolidations took place under the Maurya and Gupta empires, the later peninsular Middle Kingdoms influenced cultures as far as southeast Asia. In the medieval era, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived, much of the north fell to the Delhi sultanate, the south was united under the Vijayanagara Empire. The economy expanded in the 17th century in the Mughal empire, in the mid-18th century, the subcontinent came under British East India Company rule, and in the mid-19th under British crown rule. A nationalist movement emerged in the late 19th century, which later, under Mahatma Gandhi, was noted for nonviolent resistance, in 2015, the Indian economy was the worlds seventh largest by nominal GDP and third largest by purchasing power parity. Following market-based economic reforms in 1991, India became one of the major economies and is considered a newly industrialised country. However, it continues to face the challenges of poverty, corruption, malnutrition, a nuclear weapons state and regional power, it has the third largest standing army in the world and ranks sixth in military expenditure among nations. India is a constitutional republic governed under a parliamentary system. It is a pluralistic, multilingual and multi-ethnic society and is home to a diversity of wildlife in a variety of protected habitats. The name India is derived from Indus, which originates from the Old Persian word Hindu, the latter term stems from the Sanskrit word Sindhu, which was the historical local appellation for the Indus River. The ancient Greeks referred to the Indians as Indoi, which translates as The people of the Indus, the geographical term Bharat, which is recognised by the Constitution of India as an official name for the country, is used by many Indian languages in its variations. Scholars believe it to be named after the Vedic tribe of Bharatas in the second millennium B. C. E and it is also traditionally associated with the rule of the legendary emperor Bharata. Gaṇarājya is the Sanskrit/Hindi term for republic dating back to the ancient times, hindustan is a Persian name for India dating back to the 3rd century B. C. E. It was introduced into India by the Mughals and widely used since then and its meaning varied, referring to a region that encompassed northern India and Pakistan or India in its entirety

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Delhi
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Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi or NCT, is a city and a union territory of India. It is bordered by Haryana on three sides and by Uttar Pradesh to the east, the NCT covers an area of 1,484 square kilometres. According to 2011 census, Delhis city population was about 11 million, Delhis urban area is now considered to extend beyond the NCT boundary to include an estimated population of over 26 million people making it the worlds second largest urban area. As of 2016 recent estimates of the economy of its urban area have ranked Delhi either the top or second most productive metro area of India. Delhi is the second wealthiest city after Mumbai in India, with a wealth of $450 billion. Delhi has been inhabited since the 6th century BC. Through most of its history, Delhi has served as a capital of various kingdoms and it has been captured, ransacked and rebuilt several times, particularly during the medieval period, and modern Delhi is a cluster of a number of cities spread across the metropolitan region. New Delhi is jointly administered by the government of India and the local government of Delhi. Delhi is also the centre of the National Capital Region, which is a unique interstate regional planning area created by the National Capital Region Planning Board Act of 1985, Delhi ranks among the cities with the worst air pollution in the world. There are a number of myths and legends associated with the origin of the name Delhi, one of them is derived from Dhillu or Dilu, a king who built a city at this location in 50 BC and named it after himself. The coins in circulation in the region under the Tomaras were called dehliwal, according to the Bhavishya Purana, King Prithiviraja of Indraprastha built a new fort in the modern-day Purana Qila area for the convenience of all four castes in his kingdom. He ordered the construction of a gateway to the fort and later named the fort dehali, another theory suggests that the citys original name was Dhillika. The people of Delhi are referred to as Delhiites or Dilliwalas, the city is referenced in various idioms of the Northern Indo-Aryan languages. Dilli dilwalon ka shehr or Dilli Dilwalon ki meaning Delhi belongs to the large-hearted/daring, aas-paas barse, Dilli pani tarse, literally meaning it pours all around, while Delhi lies parched. An allusion to the sometimes semi-arid climate of Delhi, it refers to situations of deprivation when one is surrounded by plenty. The area around Delhi was probably inhabited before the second millennium BC, the city is believed to be the site of Indraprastha, the legendary capital of the Pandavas in the Indian epic Mahabharata. According to Mahabharata, this land was initially a huge mass of forests called Khandavaprastha which was burnt down to build the city of Indraprastha, the earliest architectural relics date back to the Maurya period, in 1966, an inscription of the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka was discovered near Srinivaspuri. Remains of eight cities have been discovered in Delhi

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Urdu
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Urdu is a persianized standard register of the Hindustani language. It is the language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also one of the 22 official languages recognized in the Constitution of India, hyderabad, Rampur, Bhopal and Lucknow are noted Urdu-speaking cities of India. Urdu is historically associated with the Muslims of the northern Indian subcontinent, apart from specialized vocabulary, Urdu is mutually intelligible with Standard Hindi, another recognized register of Hindustani. Urdu, like Hindi, is a form of Hindustani, Urdu developed under the influence of the Persian and Arabic languages, both of which have contributed a significant amount of vocabulary to formal speech. Around 99% of Urdu verbs have their roots in Sanskrit and Prakrit, Urdu words originating from Chagatai and Arabic were borrowed through Persian and hence are Persianized versions of the original words. For instance, the Arabic ta marbuta changes to he or te, nevertheless, contrary to popular belief, Urdu did not borrow from the Turkish language, but from Chagatai. Urdu and Turkish borrowed from Arabic and Persian, hence the similarity in pronunciation of many Urdu, Arabic influence in the region began with the late first-millennium Arab invasion of India in the 7th century. The Persian language was introduced into the subcontinent a few centuries later by various Persianized Central Asian Turkic and Afghan dynasties including that of the Delhi Sultanate. With the advent of the British Raj, Persian was no longer the language of administration but Hindustani, still written in the Persian script, the name Urdu was first used by the poet Ghulam Hamadani Mushafi around 1780. From the 13th century until the end of the 18th century Urdu was commonly known as Hindi, the language was also known by various other names such as Hindavi and Dehlavi. The communal nature of the language lasted until it replaced Persian as the language in 1837 and was made co-official. Urdu was promoted in British India by British policies to counter the previous emphasis on Persian and this triggered a Brahman backlash in northwestern India, which argued that the language should be written in the native Devanagari script. At independence, Pakistan established a highly Persianized literary form of Urdu as its national language, English has exerted a heavy influence on both as a co-official language. Owing to interaction with other languages, Urdu has become localized wherever it is spoken, similarly, the Urdu spoken in India can also be distinguished into many dialects like Dakhni of South India, and Khariboli of the Punjab region since recent times. Because of Urdus similarity to Hindi, speakers of the two languages can understand one another if both sides refrain from using specialized vocabulary. The syntax, morphology, and the vocabulary are essentially identical. Thus linguists usually count them as one language and contend that they are considered as two different languages for socio-political reasons

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Hauz Khas Complex
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It was part of Siri, the second medieval city of India of the Delhi Sultanate of Allauddin Khilji Dynasty. The etymology of the name Hauz Khas in Farsi is derived from the words ‘Hauz’, “water tank” and ‘Khas’, the large water tank or reservoir was first built by Khilji to supply water to the inhabitants of Siri. The tank was de–silted during the reign of Firuz Shah Tughlaq, several buildings and tombs were built overlooking the water tank or lake. Firuz Shah’s tomb pivots the L–shaped building complex overlooks the tank. It is now a relatively expensive tourist cum commercial area with numerous art galleries, upscale boutiques, swans and ducks are among the attractions at Hauz Khas Lake - which is part of the attraction to visitors. But Firuz Shah Tughlaq of the Tughlaq dynasty re–excavated the silted tank, the tank was originally of about 50 ha area with dimensions of 600 m width and 700 m length with 4 m depth of water. When built, its capacity at the end of each monsoon season was reported to be 0.8 Mcum. Now the tank size has reduced due to encroachment and siltation but is well maintained in its present state. Feruz Shah who ruled from his new city called the Firozabad – the fifth city of Delhi – was an enlightened ruler and he was known for “his keen sense of historical precedent, statements of dynastic legitimacy and the power of monumental architecture”. At Hauz Khas, he raised several monuments on the southern and eastern banks of the reservoir, to rectify the situation, a plan was implemented in 2004 to store storm water generated at the southern ridge of Delhi behind an embankment and then diverting it into the lake. An outside source has also tapped by feeding the water from the treatment plant at Sanjay Van into the lake. With these efforts initiated by The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, more recently the Hauz Khas lake and the surrounding park has been actively developed e. g. the pavement area where people walk and jog around has been renovated recently. Madrasa Established in 1352, the Madrasa was one of the institutions of Islamic learning in the Delhi Sultanate. It was also considered the largest and best equipped Islamic seminary anywhere in the world, there were three main Madrasas in Delhi during Firuz Shahs time. One of them was the Firuz Shahi madrasa at Hauz Khas, after the sacking of Baghdad, Delhi became the most important place in the world for Islamic education. The village surrounding the Madarsa was also called Tarababad in view of its affluent and culturally rich status, the madrasa structure has an innovative design. It was built in L-Shape as one structure on the south. One arm of the L-shape structure runs in the North–South direction measuring 76 m, the two arms are pivoted at the large Tomb of Firuz Shah

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Sri Aurobindo Marg
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Sri Aurobindo Marg, or Aurobindo Marg, is an important South Delhi north-south arterial road connecting historic Safdarjungs Tomb to Qutab Minar. The road is named for Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, the Delhi campus of Sri Aurobindo Ashram is located on the road, the road was originally known as Mehrauli Road. The road is a conduit for traffic from North Delhi and Central Delhi, including the commercial hub of Connaught Place, to points south and southwest of Delhi. The stations of Delhi Metro, Jor Bagh, INA, AIIMS, the northern terminus of Aurobindo Marg is located at Safdarjungs Tomb. At the southern end, Aurobindo Marg terminates near the Lado Sarai bus terminal, interchange with the Ring Road to points east and west. Interchange with the Outer Ring Road to points east and west, interchange with Press Enclave Marg to points east. The southern terminus, with Anuvrat Marg continuing on the roadway towards Mehrauli, Gurgaon and points southwest of Delhi, geo Links for Sri Aurobindo Marg

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Siri Fort
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Siri Fort, in the city of New Delhi, was built during the rule of Ala-ud-Din Khalji, the Turkic ruler of the Delhi Sultanate, to defend the city from the onslaught of the Mongols. Alauddin is the best known of the Khilji dynasty because he extended his dominion to Southern India and established the city of Delhi. He created Siri between 1297 and 1307 to defend against Mongol invasions of India and Delhi, in response he built Siri Fort, mimicked massive Turkish ones. The Fort served as the seat of his power during his campaigns to enlarge his territory, due to frequent Mongol invasions of West Asia, the Saljuqs took asylum in Delhi. The craftsmen of Seljuq dynasty are credited with this eras architectural monuments in Delhi, targhi, a Mongol ruler, besieged the Siri fort when Ala-ud-din Khalji retreated during the Mongol expedition into India. Targhi could not penetrate the fortifications of the Siri Fort and he retreated to his Kingdom in Central Asia. Alauddin deputed his two generals Ghazi Malik and Malik Kafur to repel the Mongol attack, the Mongols tried to attack one last time in 1306 AD but Ghazi Malik annihilated the entire attacking Mongol army. Subsequent ruthless attacks by Allauddin’s army, deep into Mongol territory in Kandahar, Ghazni and his military strategies were thus aimed at building an Indian Empire, which he had mostly succeeded. He consolidated his territory, ruled with military might for 20 years and was considered the “first real Emperor of India”, Siri, which is now a part of New Delhi, was later linked to the fortifications of Jahanpanah. Siri was then known as “Darul Khilafat” or ‘’Seat of Califate’’ In 1398 AD, Timurlane. The part called Jahanpanah is situated in the midst of the inhabited city, the fortifications of the three cities have thirty gates. Jahanpanah has thirteen gates, Siri has seven gates, the fortifications of the Old Delhi have ten gates, some opening to the exterior and some towards the interior of the city. It is near to the Shahpur jat village inhabited by Jats of the Panwar Gotra, Siri Fort was built 5 km to the north-east of the Qutab Minar on an old camp near Delhi. The first city is considered to be built by Muslims, it was in an oval shape, Allauddin, the second ruler of the Khilji dynasty, laid the foundation for the City of Siri in 1303 AD. Legend states that Allauddins prolific building involved engagement of 70,000 workers, the city was built with an oval plan with palaces and other structures. There were seven gates for entry and exit, but at present only the south-eastern gate exists, the fort was once considered the pride of the city for its palace of a thousand pillars called the Hazar Sutan. The palace was built outside the limits, and had marble floors. Its Darwaza is supposed to have been beautifully decorated, in eastern part of the ruins there are remnants of flame shaped battlements, loop holes for arrows, and bastions, which were considered unique new additions of that period

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Firuz Shah Tughlaq
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Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq was a Turkic Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq Dynasty, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388. He was the son of a Rajput Hindu princess of Dipalpur and his fathers name was Rajab who had the title Sipahsalar. He succeeded his cousin Muhammad bin Tughlaq following the death at Thatta in Sindh. For the first time in the history of Delhi Sultanate, a situation was confronted wherein nobody was ready to accept the reigns of power, with much difficulty, the camp followers convinced Firuz to accept the responsibility. In fact, Khwaja Jahan, the Wazir of Muhammad bin Tughlaq had placed a small boy on throne claiming him to the son of Muhammad bin Tughlaq, due to widespread unrest, his realm was much smaller than Muhammads. Tughlaq was forced by rebellions to concede virtual independence to Bengal and we know of Firuz Shah Tughlaq in part through his 32-page autobiography, titled Futuhat-e-firozshahi. He was 45 when he became Sultan of Delhi in 1351, at his succession, after the death of Muhammad Tughlaq, he faced many rebellions, including in Bengal, Gujarat and Warangal. Nonetheless he worked to improve the infrastructure of the empire building canals, rest-houses and hospitals, creating and refurbishing reservoirs and he founded several cities around Delhi, including Jaunpur, Ferozpur, Hissar, Firuzabad, Fatehabad. Most of Firozabad was destroyed as subsequent rulers dismantled its buildings and reused the spolia as building materials, Tughlaq was a fervent Muslim, and had Hindu temples destroyed, as well as their books, idols and ceremonial vessels. However, he drank alcohol, even to excess. He made a number of important concessions to theologians and he tried to ban practices that the orthodox theologians considered un-Islamic, an example being his prohibition of the practice of Muslim women going out to worship at the graves of saints. He persecuted a number of Muslim sects which were considered heretical by the theologians, Tughlaq took to heart the mistakes made during his cousin Muhammads rule. He decided not to reconquer areas that had broken away, nor to further areas from taking their independence. He was indiscriminately benevolent and lenient as a sultan and he decided to keep nobles and the Ulema happy so that they would allow him to rule his kingdom peacefully. The southern states had drifted away from the Sultanate and there were rebellions in Gujarat and Sindh, the Sultan led expeditions to against Bengal in 1353 and 1358. The Sultan captured Cuttack, desecrated the Jagannath Temple, Puri and he laid siege to Kangra Fort and forced Nagarkot to pay tribute, and did the same with Thatta. Rather than awarding position based on merit, Tughlaq allowed a nobles son to succeed to his fathers position, the same was done in the army, where an old soldier could send his son, son-in-law or even his slave in his place. He increased the salary of the nobles and he stopped all kinds of harsh punishments such as cutting off hands

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Madrasa
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Madrasa is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious. The word is variously transliterated madrasah, medresa, madrassa, madraza, medrese, in the West, the word usually refers to a specific type of religious school or college for the study of the Islamic religion, though this may not be the only subject studied. In countries like India, not all students in madrasas are Muslims, the word madrasah derives from the triconsonantal Semitic root د-ر-س D-R-S to learn, study, through the wazn مفعل‎, mafʻal, meaning a place where something is done. Therefore, madrasah literally means a place where learning and studying take place, for example, in the Ottoman Empire during the Early Modern Period, madaris had lower schools and specialised schools where the students became known as danişmends. The usual Arabic word for a university, however, is جامعة, the Hebrew cognate midrasha also connotes the meaning of a place of learning, the related term midrash literally refers to study or learning, but has acquired mystical and religious connotations. However, in English, the term usually refers to the specifically Islamic institutions. A regular curriculum includes courses in Arabic, tafsir, sharīʻah, hadiths, mantiq, in the Ottoman Empire, during the Early Modern Period, the study of hadiths was introduced by Süleyman I. Depending on the demands, some madaris also offer additional advanced courses in Arabic literature, English and other foreign languages, as well as science. Ottoman madaris along with religious teachings also taught styles of writing, grammary, syntax, poetry, composition, natural sciences, political sciences, people of all ages attend, and many often move on to becoming imams. The certificate of an ʻālim, for example, requires approximately twelve years of study, a good number of the ḥuffāẓ are the product of the madaris. The madaris also resemble colleges, where people take evening classes, an important function of the madaris is to admit orphans and poor children in order to provide them with education and training. Madaris may enroll female students, however, they study separately from the men, the term Islamic education means education in the light of Islam itself, which is rooted in the teachings of the Quran - holy book of Muslims. Islamic education and Muslim education are not the same, because Islamic education has epistemological integration which is founded on Tawhid - Oneness or monotheism. The first institute of education was at the estate of Hazrat Zaid bin Arkam near a hill called Safa, where Hazrat Muhammad was the teacher. After Hijrah the madrasa of Suffa was established in Madina on the east side of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi mosque, ubada ibn as-Samit was appointed there by Hazrat Muhammad as teacher and among the students. In the curriculum of the madrasa, there were teachings of The Quran, The Hadith, faraiz, tajweed, genealogy, treatises of first aid, there were also trainings of horse-riding, art of war, handwriting and calligraphy, athletics and martial arts. The first part of madrasa based education is estimated from the first day of nabuwwat to the first portion of the Umaiya caliphate and it was founded by Fāṭimah al-Fihrī, the daughter of a wealthy merchant named Muḥammad al-Fihrī. This was later followed by the establishment of al-Azhar in 959 in Cairo, niẓām al-Mulk, who would later be murdered by the Assassins, created a system of state madaris in various ʻAbbāsid cities at the end of the 11th century

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Alauddin Khalji
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Ala ud-Din Khilji, born Juna Muhammad Khilji, was the second ruler of the Khilji dynasty reigning from 1296 to 1316. He is considered to be one of the most powerful rulers in Indian history, Malik Kāfūr returned to Delhi in 1311 laden with spoils. Thereafter the fortunes of ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn and the dynasty declined, the sultan died in early 1316, and Malik Kāfūr’s attempted usurpation ended with his own death. He was a strategist and military commander who commanded forces across the Indian subcontinent, Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji is also noted in history for being one of the few rulers in the world to have repeatedly defended his empire against Mongol invasions. He defeated large Mongol armies and then launched punitive expeditions against them in Central Asia, contemporary chroniclers have not written much about Alauddins childhood. According to the 17th century writer Haji-ud-Dabir, Alauddin was 34 years old when he started his march to Ranthambore, assuming this is correct, Alauddins birth can be dated to 1266-1267 CE. His original name was Ali Gurshasp and he was the eldest son of Shihabuddin Masud, who was the elder brother of the Khilji dynastys founder Sultan Jalaluddin. He had three brothers, Almas Beg, Qutlugh Tigin and Muhammad, Alauddin was brought up by Jalaluddin after Shihabuddins death. Both Alauddin and his younger brother Almas Beg married Jalaluddins daughters, after Jalaluddin became the Sultan of Delhi, Alauddin was appointed as Amir-i-Tuzuk, while Almas Beg was given the post of Akhur-beg. Alauddins marriage to Jalaluddins daughter was not a happy one, having suddenly become a princess after Jalaluddins rise as a monarch, she was very arrogant and tried to dominate over Alauddin. According to Hajib-ud-Dabir, Alauddin married a woman named Mahru. Once, while Alauddin and Mahru were together in a garden, the incident was reported to Jalaluddin, but the Sultan did not take any action against Alauddin. Alauddin was not on terms with his mother-in-law either. According to the 16th century historian Firishta, she warned Jalaluddin that Alauddin was planning to set up an independent kingdom in a part of the country. She kept a watch on Alauddin, and encouraged her daughters arrogant behaviour towards him. When Malik Chhajju, the governor of Kara revolted against Jalaluddin, Alauddin played an important role in crushing the revolt, as a result, Jalaluddin appointed him as the new governor of Kara in 1291. Malik Chajjus former Amirs at Kara considered Jalaluddin as a weak and ineffective ruler and this, combined with his unhappy domestic life, made Alauddin determined to dethrone Jalaluddin. To finance his plan to dethrone Jalaluddin, Alauddin decided to raid the neighbouring Hindu kingdoms, in 1293, he raided Bhilsa, a wealthy town in the Paramara kingdom of Malwa, which had been weakend by multiple invasions

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Indira Gandhi International Airport
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Indira Gandhi International Airport serves as the primary civilian aviation hub for the National Capital Region of Delhi, India. The airport, spread over an area of 5,106 acres, is situated in Palam,15 km south-west of the New Delhi railway station and 16 km from New Delhi city centre. Named after Indira Gandhi, a former Prime Minister of India and it is busiest airport in the country in terms of cargo traffic in the recent year overtaking Mumbai during late 2015. With the commencement of operations at Terminal 3 in 2010, it became Indias and South Asias largest aviation hub, the planned expansion program will increase the airports capacity to handle 100 million passengers by 2030. The airport handled over 48 million passengers in the fiscal year 2015–16, in calendar year 2016, the airport was the 21st busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic and 10th busiest airport in Asia handling over 55 million passengers. The airport was operated by the Indian Air Force before its management was transferred to the Airports Authority of India, in May 2006, the management of the airport was passed over to Delhi International Airport Limited, a consortium led by the GMR Group. In September 2008, the airport inaugurated a 4,430 m runway, the Terminal 3 building, which commenced operations in 2010, has a capacity to handle 34 million passengers annually. Terminal 3 is the worlds 8th largest passenger terminal, the airport uses an advanced system called Airport Collaborative Decision Making to help keep takeoffs and landings timely and predictable. In 2010, IGIA was conferred the fourth best airport award in the world in the 15–25 million category, the airport was rated as the Best airport in the world in the 25–40 million passengers category in 2015, by Airports Council International. Delhi Airport was awarded The Best Airport in Central Asia and Best Airport Staff in Central Asia at the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2015, IGI also stood first in the new rankings for 2015 Airport Service Quality Awards. Safdarjung Airport was built in 1930 and was the airport for Delhi until 1962. Due to increasing passenger traffic at Safdarjung, civilian operations were moved to Palam Airport in 1962, Palam Airport had been built during World War II as RAF Station Palam and after the British left, it served as an Air Force Station for the Indian Air Force. Palam Airport had a capacity of around 1,300 passengers per hour. Owing to an increase in air traffic in the 1970s, a terminal with nearly four times the area of the old Palam terminal was constructed. With the inauguration of a new terminal, on 2 May 1986. On 2 May 2006, the management of Delhi and Mumbai airports were handed over to the private consortia, Delhi International Airport Limited is a consortium of the GMR Group, Fraport and Malaysia Airports, and the Airports Authority of India retains a 26% stake. Nine years later, in May 2015, Malaysia Airports chose it exit from DIAL venture, following this GMR Groups stake at DIAL increased to 64%. Earlier GMR indicated that it was interested in buying out the 10% stake of Fraport, the old domestic airport is known as Terminal 1 and handles domestic flights for all budget airlines

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Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station
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Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station is one of the five main railway stations of Delhi. Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station is managed by Northern Railway zone of Indian Railways and it is adjacent to Delhis two important arteries, the Ring Road and Mathura Road, and Sarai Kale Khan Inter-State Bus Terminus. Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station all the major cities and was developed to ease congestion on New Delhi railway station which is located approximately 7 kilometres to the North. It originates and terminates various Rajdhani Expresses going towards Indian cities such as Bengaluru, Chennai, Madgaon, Mumbai, Secunderabad, Indian Railways intends to save INR41,000 crore in energy consumption and generate 1000 MW of energy from solar power. Out of 1000 MW to be produced under solar power,500 MW will be produced from rooftop solar. In order to meet the target Northern Railways has selected Vivaan Solar, the solar power project to be set up under Public Private Partnership is to be executed under design, build, finance, operate and transfer basis. The company will also be responsible for maintaining the plant for a period of 25 years, indraprastha Jangpura Lajpat Nagar INA ISBT Delhi Junction Railway station Anand Vihar Railway Terminal Sarai Rohilla Railway Station Delhi Metro

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Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
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The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi is a public engineering institution located in Delhi, India. It was declared to be Institute of National Importance by Government of India under Institutes of Technology Act, IIT Delhi is one of the two educational institutes in India which have been listed in Quacquarelli Symonds’ list of top 200 universities globally in 2015. The Government of India negotiated with the British Government for collaboration in setting up an Institute of Technology at Delhi, the British Government agreed in principle to such a collaboration, but were inclined initially to start in a modest way. It was therefore agreed that a College of Engineering & Technology should be established at Delhi with their assistance, a trust called the Delhi Engineering College Trust was established with the help of the UK Government and the Federation of British Industries in London. Prince Philips, Duke of Edinburgh, during his visit to India, the first admissions were made in 1961. The College was affiliated to the University of Delhi, the school was later accorded the status of a University and was renamed as Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. IIT Delhi is located in Hauz Khas, South Delhi, the campus of 325 acres is surrounded by the beautiful Hauz Khas area and monuments such as the Qutub Minar and Lotus Temple. The inside of the campus resembles a city, with gardens, lawns, residential complexes, the campus has its own water supply and backup electricity supply along with shopping complexes to cater to the daily needs of residents. The student residential zone is divided into two main sectors—one for boys hostels and another for girls hostels, There are 13 hostels, There are also apartments for married students. All the hostels are named after mountain ranges in India, each Hostel has its distinct culture of sports and cultural activities. Hostels compete in inter hostel events to bring home various trophies which include the BRCA trophy for cultural activities, BRCA trophy was won by Kumaon in 2016 when it was reinstated after being non-competitive for the previous 2 years. The GC was won by Jwalamukhi hostel in 2016 bringing an end to the 5 year reign of Kumaon hostel, the Student Activity Center or SAC is a part of the Student Recreation Zone in IIT Delhi. The SAC is for the activities of the students. The SAC also has an Open Air Theatre where concerts are hosted, students can use the radio broadcasting facility in the SAC although its use has declined over the years. There are a number of student bodies in IIT Delhi, each with its own set of responsibilities, the highest student body in IIT Delhi is the Student Affairs Council. The BSW shall provide financial aid to the students as per the decided rules. BSW has the responsibility of organising Speranza, the youth festival of IIT Delhi. Each club has a hostel representative working under the aegis of the cultural secretary